Who has been selected for the Sangita Kalanidhi award 2023 of the prestigious Music Academy, Chennai?

Sunitha Sarathy

Anuradha Sriram

Bombay Jayashri

Sudha Ragunathan

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Bombay Jayashri

* Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri has been selected for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy for 2023.

* The Nritiya Kalanidhi award for dance will go to Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari.

* The executive committee of the Music Academy at its meeting on March 19, 2023, unanimously decided to confer the awards, said N. Murali, president of the Academy.

* Initially, she was trained under her parents and later under T R Balamani and violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman.

* She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021.

* While the Nritiya Kalanidhi award 2023 will be conferred to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari.

* The awards will be conferred to awardees in January 2023..

Source : The Hindu

Published On : March 19, 2023

Category : Awards

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